PTCB Quick Topic Quiz
Pick one of the 24 PTCB exam topics and get 20 randomized questions in under 10 minutes. Questions are reshuffled every time — great for drilling a weak spot.
Generic Names, Brand Names & Classifications
Generic names, brand names, and classifications of medications.
Therapeutic Duplications
Identifying therapeutic duplications across a patient's medication profile.
Drug Interactions & Contraindications
Common or life-threatening drug interactions and contraindications: drug-drug, drug-dietary supplement, drug-laboratory, drug-nutrient, and drug-disease.
Strengths, Dosage Forms & Routes of Administration
Strengths/doses, dosage forms, routes of administration, special handling and administration instructions, and duration of drug therapy.
Medication Side Effects, Adverse Effects & Allergies
Common or severe medication side effects, adverse effects, and allergies.
Indications of Medications
What conditions and symptoms a medication is indicated to treat.
Drug Stability
Drug stability, including oral suspensions, insulins, reconstitutables, injectables, and vaccinations.
Proper Storage of Medications
Proper storage of medications, including temperature ranges, light sensitivity, and restricted access.
Storage, Handling & Disposal of Substances
Federal requirements for storage, handling, and disposal of non-hazardous, hazardous (e.g., P-list), and pharmacological substances and wastes.
Controlled Substance Prescriptions & DEA Schedules
Federal requirements for controlled substance prescriptions (new, refill, transfer) and DEA controlled substance schedules.
Receiving, Ordering & Destroying Controlled Substances
Federal requirements for receiving, storing, ordering, labeling, dispensing, returning, take-back programs for, loss or theft of, and destroying controlled substances.
Federal Restricted Drug Programs
Federal restricted drug programs and related medication-processing requirements, such as pseudoephedrine and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS).
FDA Medication Recalls
FDA requirements for medication recalls.
Product Serialization & Tracking (DSCSA)
FDA product serialization, tracking, tracing, handling, and quarantining requirements under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).
High-Alert & Look-Alike/Sound-Alike (LASA) Medications
High-alert/risk medications and look-alike/sound-alike (LASA) medications.
Error Prevention Strategies
Error prevention strategies, including Tall Man lettering, separating inventory, leading and trailing zeros, bar code usage, and limiting error-prone abbreviations.
Issues Requiring Pharmacist Intervention
Issues that require pharmacist intervention: drug utilization review (DUR), adverse drug event (ADE), OTC recommendation, therapeutic substitution, misuse, adherence, and more.
Event Reporting Procedures
Event reporting procedures, including medication errors, adverse effects, MedWatch, VAERS, near miss, root-cause analysis (RCA), and continuous quality improvement (CQI).
Types of Prescription Errors
Types of prescription errors, including incorrect dose, quantity, patient, drug, or route of administration.
Infection Prevention & Cleaning Standards
Infection prevention procedures and cleaning standards, including handwashing, PPE, and cleaning counting trays, countertops, and equipment.
Pharmacy Calculations & Sig Codes
Formulas, calculations, ratios, proportions, conversions, Sig codes (e.g., b.i.d., t.i.d., Roman numerals), abbreviations, and medical terminology for days supply, quantity, dose, concentration, and dilutions.
Equipment & Supplies for Drug Administration
Equipment and supplies required for drug administration, including diabetic supplies, inhaler spacers, oral and injectable syringes, filters, dilution solutions, and nebulizers.
Lot Numbers, Expiration Dates & NDC Numbers
Lot numbers, expiration dates, and National Drug Code (NDC) numbers.
Identifying & Returning Medications and Supplies
Procedures for identifying and returning dispensable, non-dispensable, and expired medications and supplies, including credit return, return to stock, and reverse distribution.
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